Hi
I am trying to figure out an issue with work center determination in conjunction with variant configuration. There are 2 machines A & B which both output the same finished product .But A is older than B and hence needs more input raw material as compared to B for the same output quantity.
So we have to figure out a way to pass the work center to the BOM, since the component quantity needs to be updated based on which machine is selected in the routing.
The company went live on SAP for a set of mills early this year. There was only one routing for all the BOMs and hence the work center was hard coded in the VC dependencies and subsequently ABAP function modules were used to update BOM quantities/routing operation times' calculation.
They want to use the same approach for the this set of mills as well but we are dealing with 2 BOMs and 8 possible routings. The work center needs to be available at the BOM explosion itself so that the correct quantities can be calculated.
Secondly, when the cost estimate is done in CK11N, there is a field where the user can enter the production version.So that needs to be taken into account as well.
Any ideas/thoughts?
Also, I am not quite clear about the sequence of BOM explaosion and routing. Will the information be available any of the std routing tables?(PLPO, CRHD, PLMZ ...?) at the time of BOM explosion?
Thanks